Cape Santiago (Taiwan)

Cape Santiago[1][2][lower-alpha 1] is a cape located in Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Cape Santiago
三貂角
Location	Gongliao, New Taipei, Taiwan
Geology	Cape

Cape Santiago
Chinese	三貂角
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sāndiāojiǎo Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sam-tiau-kak

Geography

The cape is the easternmost point of the island of Taiwan, and also the easternmost cape of Taiwan.

History

On 5 May 1626, a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan (also Caguiuanuan; present-day Fulong Village) as Santiago. Later this name was extended to the nearby cape.[3]

Tourist attractions

There is a lighthouse situated on Cape Santiago, called Cape Santiago Lighthouse. A nearby beach, Yenliao (鹽寮), was the site of the first landing for the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.

the square at Cape Santiago Lighthouse

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
• Fort Santo Domingo
• Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
• Fort Provintia
• List of Taiwanese superlatives

Footnotes

1. "San Diego" is found in the tourism literature but is incorrect

References

1. Andrade (2008), §12.
2. Davidson (1903), p. 19.
3. "Welcome to Taiwan Sandiaojiao (San Diego)". Eng.taiwan.net.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.

Bibliography

• Andrade, Tonio (2008). "Chapter 4: La Isla Hermosa". How Taiwan Became Chinese : Dutch, Spanish and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231128551.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Davidson, James W. (1903). The Island of Formosa, Past and Present : history, people, resources, and commercial prospects : tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions. London and New York: Macmillan. OL 6931635M.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area-Taiwan (in Japanese and Chinese)